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Application filed. November 14, 1916.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, Gnonon B. lti-IRMANN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at be had to the accompany-Specification.A .Similar `characters referto similar parts in theseveralfigures therein. rlhe type of collar to the treatment of whichthis invention relates has a standing body with end-wings folded alongan obliquel line back upon the body of the collar.

The fold thus formed in the colla-r tends to distort from circular formthe end-portions of `the collar, and to cause such endportions each tooccupy an independent-vertical plane, whereby the front of the collar inuse presents an angular appearance instead of curving gracefully aroundthe neck of the wearer.

rlhe principal object of the invention is to cause the end-portionsofsuch a wingcollar to assume and maintain in use substantially the samecurved form as the other parts of the collar.V

Other objects will appeal' in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 of Vthe drawings is a view in front elevation of my machine forshaping the ends of a wing-collar.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same in side elevation partly in verticalsection.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a front view in perspective of a wing-collar for the shapingof which my machine is adapted.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the broken away front-portion of the same.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on the broken line6*(3 in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings where-in the invention is shown in preferredform, 1 is the frame of the machine mounted upon a table 2. Y

Supported by the frame l, is a bed 3, which is one of a pair ofpressing-members adapted to press between them an end of a wing-collar.

The cooperative pressing-member 4, is mounted upon a slide-rod 5, whichslide-rod is adapted to reciprocate vertically in a Specification ofLetters Patent.

and the reference characters Serial No. 131,2133.

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The lower end of the slide-rod, is screwthreaded as shown at 7, vandpasses freely slideway 6, in fixed relation to ,the frame of through anaperture in a bracket 8, in fixed relation to the frame Aof themachine..-

The lower `end of the slide-rod l7, is connected `byalink 9, with atreadle 11(3),.whereby downward movement ofthe rod 7, ,can

be accomplished by the Jfoot rofthe operator.

The slide-rod 5, and pressing-member 4, are yieldingly supported inelevated position by coil-springs 11, interposed between the bottom ofthe `bracket 8,' `and a nut 12,

aimee ae wie on a higher screw-threaded ,portion Iof the.

slide-rod.

`The. pressing-surface of the bed 3, which is4 preferably made `of metalis concaved in the direction of the length of the collar to be treated,and also in a `direction .transverse of the collar.

The pressing-surface of the cooperative pressing-member 4, is preferablyconveXed in the direction of the length of the collar to be treated, andalso in a direction transverse of the collar.

The bed 3, is preferably heated in some known manner as by means of agas-burner 13located beneath the bed.

The pressing-member 4, is preferably a form covered or padded with softfabric,

and it is preferably mounted upon a sliderod, 5, in a yielding manner sothat it can automatically adjust itself to the inequalities in the endof the collar, due to differences in thickness by reason of thefoldedover wings.

As a means for thus ing-member 4, I provide the upper end of theslide-rodv 5, with a head 14, upon which the pressing-member 4, ismounted with capacity for vertical movement, by means of four spindles15, fixed upon the core or form of the pressing-member 4, and playing inapertures in the'head 14.

Each of the spindles 15, is encircled by a coil-spring V16, interposedbetween the pressing-member 4, and the head 14.

ln Fig. 4, I have shown a collar of the type to the treatment of whichmy invention relates. l, is the standing body of the collar, and 2, arethe folded-over wings.

The operation of the machines is as follows:

Each end of the collar is separatelyinsorted between thepressing-members 8 and mounting the press- 4:, with thewing 2, adjacentto the pressingmember-B; and the upper pressing-member 4C, is thenforced down vby means of the treadle 10, to engage the end ofthe collarland force the same against the concaved surface ofthe pressing-member 3,to make it conform thereto, lthe end ofthe collar y being thus heldunderV pressure as long as may be desired or is'necessary to X it in aform'corresponding withy that of-the press-` ing-members. v

The curvature of the pressing-members in the direction of the length ofthe collar thus imparts to the' ends of the collar substantially thesame curved form as that' of the sult, the curved Vform'of thepressing-members transversely ofthe collar, as in the preferred form Vofmy vinvention, causes the corner-.portions ofthe collar at the junctionCopies oftliislpatent may be obtained for of the upper ends of the wingswith the body of the collar, to curve slightly inward, causing them tofit more closely to the neck of the wearer, instead of flaring away fromthe neck of the wearer, as is the tendency of such collars.

The form thus imparted to the ends of the collar by the curvature of thepressingmembers transversely of the length of the collar is shown inldig. 6.

Preliminary to the shaping of the ends of the collar in the machine, itsends may be steamed or dampened if desired.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a machine for shaping the ends of wing-collars and in combination, apair of pressing-members adapted to receive between thein an end of awing-collar, said pressing-members having coperative pressing surfaces,one conveXed and the other` concaved both in the direction of, andtransversely to the length of the collar.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day ofNovember, 1916.

GEORGE B. EHRMANN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

